朵
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flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc
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How 朵 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Flowers 几 blooming on a tree 木
How to remember it
flouds · Heisig RSH #1564
wind + 木 tree
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 朵 as their sound component
These characters all use 朵 (duǒ) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 朵 sound component | duǒ | cluster of flowers; earlobe; an item on both sides |
| 躲 | duǒ | to evade, to escape; to hide, to take shelter |
| 剁 | duò | to chop by pounding, to hash, to mince |
| 垛 | duò | heap, pile; to heap, to pile |
| 跺 | duò | to stamp the feet |
| 哚 | duǒ | a chemical element |
Words containing 朵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 克利斯朵夫 | Kè lì sī duǒ fū | Christopher (name) |
| 耳朵眼儿 | ěr duo yǎn r | earhole; ear piercing hole; earring hole |
| 花骨朵 | huā gū duo | (coll.) flower bud |
| 扇风耳朵 | shān fēng ěr duo | protruding ears |
| 耳朵软 | ěr duo ruǎn | credulous |
| 软耳朵 | ruǎn ěr duo | credulous person; credulous |
| 咬着耳朵 | yǎo zhe ěr duo | whispering in sb's ear |
| 花朵 | huā duǒ | flower |
| 玛奇朵 | mǎ qí duǒ | macchiato (loanword); latte macchiato (coffee) |
| 刚朵拉 | gāng duǒ lā | see 貢多拉|贡多拉[gong4 duo1 la1] |
| 竖起耳朵 | shù qǐ ěr duo | to prick up one's ears; to strain to hear sth |
| 骨朵 | gū duo | (coll.) flower bud |
| 骨朵 | gǔ duǒ | club (ancient stick-like weapon with a melon-shaped enlargement at the tip); (flower) bud |
| 云朵 | yún duǒ | a cloud |
| 耳朵 | ěr duo | ear; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4],對|对[dui4]; handle (on a cup) |
| 大快朵颐 | dà kuài duǒ yí | (idiom) to eat with great relish; to feast on (sth) |
| 咬耳朵 | yǎo ěr duo | (coll.) to whisper in sb's ear |
| 潘朵拉 | Pān duǒ lā | Pandora |
| 耙耳朵 | pā ěr duo | (dialect) henpecked; to be under one's wife's thumb |
| 朵颐 | duǒ yí | (literary) to munch |